Will we finally get a windows phone app? I only have a windows 8 smartphone and I feel deprived
Man I hear you...I want to have LOGOS ported to Windows Phone 8 too (Lumia 920)...Come on team logos! Please tell us WP8 users that you are at least considering the port![H]
Ditto. Windows Phones are up 4000% in sales from last year. I'd love Logos if they'd let my Lumia 920 run...
Yup yup yup! Another Lumia 920 user here that would be really happy to see a Logos app for our devices.
I believe there is a Logos App for Windows 8.
In Him,
Jim
Hi, Jim...
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 are separate (but related) platforms. The appearance of a Windows 8 app is encouraging, and suggests that Windows Phone users might see an app in the future.
Two caveats:
Yes please make a very good (willing to wait) WP app.
We have an early version of a Windows 8 RT app in the app store now (BIble!), but we haven't had the resources to work on a Windows Phone 8 version yet.
We're also continuing to observe market share, and whether or not Windows Phone 8 gets a significant share of the market will probably influence our decision to invest, or not invest, more resources in this platform. Either way, a decision (and app) are probably many months away.
Sorry I don't have a better answer right now!
-- Bob
I can completely understand.
I have the Win8 Phone and the Surface RT. I love my phone, but I would much rather have Logos on my Surface! I know you guys are doing a lot and that it takes money to get these Apps going, so I just want to thank you and I look forward to the apps you do produce for Logos in the future!
Loyal customer and Windows Fan!
Thank you for answering. I know windows 8 is a new platform and it may take time for an app to surface (if it has enough traction). I am hoping that there is enough growth in the Window 8 phone sector.
Thanks Bob. We are looking forward to more Logos support on the Windows platform! Appreciate your work on that.
I can feel your pain but:
Microsoft announced earlier this week their plans to officially stop supporting both Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8 in the second half of 2014. Due to some rather unfortunate release dates and the fixed eighteen month product life cycle, it seems that the more advanced WP8 will actually cease to be officially supported before 7.8. Now, when I say that Microsoft “announced” their plans to end support for the two operating systems, that’s not entirely accurate. What they actually did was to quietly slip the information into their support page.
The resulting news created a certain amount of confusion and in some cases anger among users of the platform, especially those who may have recently purchased a device on a two year contract, only to find out that their device will no longer be supported after three quarters of the new contract’s duration. Even so, this is an improvement on their announcement of the lack of upgrade path from Windows Phone 7 to 8.
Chances are that more recently purchased devices will have already been upgraded to a newer version of Microsoft’s mobile offering by the time the support officially ends, and the initial concerns voiced by some are unfounded. It’s already known that there is no clear upgrade path from Windows Phone 7 to 8, with the rather awkwardly named 7.8 being something of a stopgap to curb the resentment of early adopters who would need to purchase a new device to see the full benefits of WP8, but little is known about the plans to advance on the latest version of the OS. It would be highly surprising though to find out that current devices will be receiving few or no updates.
So with the problems Microsoft is having with the phone OS themselves don't expect anything soon as far as a Logos app because at this point it's more than just "market share".
If you are really needing Logos on your phone go to Google pick up a Nexus 4 for $299 Google Nexus 4, install Logos from the Play Store and there you go.
If you are really tied to Windows by the time the Nexus needs to be replaced Microsoft will have hopefully figured out the whole smart phone OS issue and Logos could possibly have an app out for Microsoft phones by then.
Microsoft announced earlier this week their plans to officially stop supporting both Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8 in the second half of 2014.
I don't know what you wanted to say by your post, but the information about the date of the end of support for the WP 7.8 and 8 just means we will have a new Windows Phone 9 soon. That's all.
Yes indeedy!
Lumia 820 - hungry!
Also on Lumia 920.
Microsoft announced earlier this week their plans to officially stop supporting both Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8 in the second half of 2014. I don't know what you wanted to say by your post, but the information about the date of the end of support for the WP 7.8 and 8 just means we will have a new Windows Phone 9 soon. That's all.
The point seems to me to be (and I realize i am comping at this a couple months late), MS has no continuity on the mobile platform. 6(I know the previous was never called 6 but i don;t remember it's proper name even though I had one of those phones) - 7 - 8. These are not iOS update like Windows OS or iOS updates. Many items running on the first generation of iPhones functions great still on the current one. No Software that was on pre 7 phones worked on 7 phones. When 8 came out again there was a software barrier again (although it was easier to migrate code to make 7 apps into 8 apps). With this history and an announcement that support will ending leaves one to believe in Windows Phone 9 is under development it;s not going to share much with 7/8…. It is a pretty startling announcement in my mind about the equivalent of them saying we won't be supporting Windows 7/8 after next year… When it still hasn't fully dropped XP support all these years after it's discontinuation. That announcement is to me a slap in the face to everyone they are hoping to see phones to, and they have just in the last couple weeks started up a new TV AD, reminds me of back when their new flagship 7 phone was released and 2 weeks later it was announced it would't be upgradable to 8. Windows Phones have failed to gain a significant market share in no small part to their lack of continued support. If every year apple released an iOS all previous iPhones were not upgradable Apple would rightly have few iPhone users. Apple sheds what it sees as archaic code and hardware, but not in such away as to make transitions hard or force the majority of users to get a new computer/phone to continue using the latest software. In general Apple attempts to offer hardware/software support to computers five years old, i do believe first generation iPADs are not upgradable past iOS 5, but I know my old iPhone 3GS supports the latest IOS and it's 4 years old.
-Dan
DITTO! I have a Lumia 920. Love it and it would be complete if I could get Logos.
As it had been mentioned already, before we have a dedicated application for WP8, we can use mobile version of Biblia.com. It works great and gives us access to our Bibles and the rest of our electronic Library. IMHO it looks a better interim solution to me then buying another library, just for my Lumia.
What I'm about to suggest isn't a great solution but it is better than just launching Biblia.com in your phones browser.
Check out the app "Web Apps". I made my own Biblia.com "app" that runs without the address bar and it also let me put a logo on it for a tile on my home screen.
Yes, me too just got the Lumia 820, but no Logos!!... many months later, are we going to see this happening? maybe someone has actually started something?
would be greatly appreciated!
The anti Microsoft/Windows people continue to spew their evil talk of hated but I an quite happy and satisfied with my Windows Phone and operating systems as others in this thread have also indicated. I will keep my Windows Phone and do without Logos as I have found other alternatives that provide comparable apps for the Windows Phone as Logos gets left in the dust. Two that are working perfectly for me are Laridian PocketBible and the YouVersion app from LifeChurch. Others who feel slighted and betrayed by Logos should check these two apps out immediately. Good luck and God Bless! [;)]
